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TIL the 2001 film Bend it like Beckham is the highest grossing film about soccer (football) ($76.6 million) and was a career making film for Kiera Knightly

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XEOlR TIL when cowboy/actor Slim Pickens (Blazing Saddles/Dr. Strangelove) joined the military during WW2 he stated his profession was “rodeo”, the recruiter heard “radio” and Slim spent the entire war as a radio operator
OGZj6 TIL that about 30 million Americans can trace their ancestry back to the 132 passengers and crew of the Mayflower, which landed in (what would become) Massachusetts, in 1620
woAWJ TIL the Chicago Cubs have a following in Belize, because in the early 80's the only channel in the country was a pirate feed of WGN.
YpNld TIL that the NFL made a committee to spread misinformation and coverup brain damage in their players
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